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My inverter is Deye SUN-5K-SG03LP1-EU. I see that you have a small export. After what you have said, and what Crossy said earlier I realize that i had not checked any export during the four days away. i have just checked and the daily graphs show small amounts as "Feed in" totalling about 700 Watt hours a day. This may be causing a problem with the digital meter as Crossy pointed out. I have to figure out how to totally stop any feed in to see if it changes things. Need to look at the inverter instructions.

Yes, the main breaker still provides to the other circuits I mentioned for airconditioner, water heaters.hob and oven. all the other circuits go directly from the solar breaker panel. I think i need to get them to take away the digital meter and put a spinning meter back, but one that does not reverse on feed in. They may want to check the digital meter first.

I will also switch off all the breakers directly connected in the original distribution board (water heaters , air conditioners, hob and oven) and leave all the breakers on in the solar distribution board. However that should not make any difference.

Thanks Crossy. Good to hear any suggestions that you have. I am not exporting power to grid. It is switched off. I have rechecked. The inverter has been measuring accurately against the previous meter for over 6 months with only a small creep averaging 20Kwh per month. That why i have to consider the new meter as a problem. It is measuring 2Kwh and more a day when we are away from the house and there is negligible power being used from grid, my battery is fully charged all the time when away. Just went away 4 days and came back to find the meter has gone up 12 Kwh. I have checked the daily graphs from the inverter for power purchased during each of the 4 days and there is some small power shown purchased during the day but negligible only in the order of 50 to 100 Watthours each day. I have to check all the settings on the inverter to see if i can identify anything that would take power from the grid. I quickly looked and cannot see anything that should. I am on "zero export to CT" and according to the manual power should not go back to the grid. I will see if i can turn off power from the grid on the inverter for next time we are away from the house, likely next weekend. I cannot see anything obvious to do this. I can ask the installation company

Thanks, that's another potential avenue. They fit the digital meter to prevent any reversing of the meter if you feed in to grid. That happens with the normal meters. I can ask if they have an analogue meter that does not reverse on feed in. I have seen analogue meter on one of the nearby properties with solar and I was told that PEA had already changed it to prevent feed into grid.

I have a villa in Hua Hin with solar installation hybrid with a 10Kwh battery. This does me for all our needs except aircon overnight. When PEA found out, they changed the meter to a new digital one, nearly a month ago. The new meter is consistently adding 2Kwh per day up to 3Kwh, even when there is nobody at the house and I am not taking power from the grid. I know the power produced, consumption, power purchased from grid, battery level, etc from the solar inverter and app. I have had the solar installation since early December 2022 and records of parameters since then. On the old PEA meter there was about 10 to 30 Kwh more electricity consumption reading from the monthly meter reading than from the inverter. Over 6 months, It averaged 20 Kwh per month, and I was not concerned with. However now with the new meter if there is an extra 2Kwh per day or more is 60+ Kwh per month , At 5 baht a Kwh that would be 300 + Baht per month. I know that i can go to speak to PEA, but do not know what to expect. Has anybody had or know of a similar issue and what was done? In western countries you can get an independent check done. If it shows extra then the electricity authority has to settle the issue and pay for the independent check. But if the meter is found to be ok. then the consumer has to pay for the independent check. I have no idea if there are any rights here concerning this issue. Probably not, but if anybody has knowledge i would be grateful to know. According to thai websites, the meters provided to PEA are supposed to be accurate within certain tolerances. I do not expect that should include for an extra 2 to 3Kwh per day. Any advice welcome please. I do not have anybody else tapping into my supply, there are 2 x 10 cable in and two 16 mmsq cable out to the house. Meter shown in the attached image.

There are many projects being built where there are massive similar activities over roads with traffic. Such as rama 2 elevated construction, where there was an incident not long ago. Beam dropped onto traffic. The roads will have to be closed if the new construction techniques cannot be adopted to save disruption. Many elevated MRT lines have been built in similar ways without many serious incidents. The issue is not to stop this kind of technique. Its all about adequate attention to safety, and adequate supervision of the work by qualified and experienced people without brown envelopes.

As pointed out, the pool pumps may be consuming around 1KW each and could be a very big consumption if on all daytime. I recommend that you have the pumps running and switch off the aircons for two to three hours. (Perhaps when you go out shopping / eating etc. Take the meter readings before and after to see how much power they are consuming. Mutiply to the number of hours and days for the monthly bill. This will give you the consumption estimates for the pumps against your bill reading.

I have tried it before a long time ago. it does not kill them. Its a repellant, they don't like it and scamper off. I don't think it lasted very long, maybe a couple of days around the outside porch and car port of the house in the sticks where i have most geckos. However, you may not want to be spraying this everywhere. Try and see if you like the smell. The best solution we used to have in the farmhouse of my wife's parents was a brother with a strong catapult. Used to be a expert at shooting them down.

I also found Mucilin was no longer available the last one-two months. As pointed out on here, there are other alternatives available

I got the certificate from one stop chamchuri sq. I could not go to CW. NOTE: they say you have to go to the office that issued your visa. The one stop service gave me the certificate. Must have 90 day report. It cost 500 baht there, no receipt. It takes about one hour.

It does sound like prickly heat. If it was fleas you would be feeling it most on the legs, that's where they hop on most. Small baby fleas are not black until they feed enough, and are very hard to see. And as you said, you should easily identify if fleas are biting you.

Thanks Joe for all the help to so many people. RIP

Those who complain about 200 baht may be lucky, if they can go to CW. FYI, I had to go to One stop as my visa is done there. They do not do post. It cost 500 Baht last Friday. No receipt. But quick application at separate window and they do the certificate for you in under an hour. So, thankfully it was relatively painless.

FYI, The incoming wire from earth lead was 4mmsq. From checking codes i believe that is the minimum i should have. Then i have changed the E to N wire to the same 4mmsq. For the neutral main connection with 45 amp board, all the code advice i see indicates that it should be 8mm sq. I have therefore changed the 6mm wire to 10mmsq which is the next size i can get above 6mm. I have completed the changes today when i was changing the breaker sizes to address the problems i see in the initial installation. I spoke to somebody electrical i know and they agreed what i was doing as ok. If you may be experienced to advise any different then i would be pleased to hear any other advice thanks.

I just realised that i need to know what size of wire should be used from N To E. Looks 2.5 sqmm. Is that enough?! I have a 15 - 45 amp board. I think the earth wire to ground is 4 sqmm. Have to check but then should the E to N be the same size 4 sqmm. Also noticed that the wire from incoming main cable N to the N bar is 6 sqmm. If i use up to 40 amps, is it big enough. Does it need 10 sqmm? Thanks for your advice.

Thanks crossy, Comments much appreciated. I have been busy all day on some formal work tasks. Just heading back home. Will look at this more tomorrow morning.

I have moved into a house in Hua Hin last year and had some problems with the electrics. House was built over 10 years ago. The board was tripping out all electrics for a short time periodically. I had solar installed last December and have had to figure out all the wiring because at the time there were a number of issues identified. I think its been well stated that the electrical systems installations here can be a problem. As a reminder to people, what I found shows that they do anything they want with no respect for standards or safety. Use any color of cable and bits of wire they have, making multiple joins changing color and sometime size. All kitchen on one circuit 32 amp breaker, hob oven and water heater included, Oven and hob are 6.4 + 2.6 KW (although unlikely to use all at once, we rarely use more than a few KW) No separate breakers. Wire size 2.5sqmm from roof, 4sqmm cable connected to 2.5 at back of units looks better but most should be at least 6mmsq. Earth looks ok in kitchen but too small (1.5 sqmm) and then I found not connected in roof. Water heater 6KW was on wiring 2.5 sqmm and one wire dropped to 1.5 sqmm. No separate breaker. Earth appears to be connected ok at 1.5sqmm. When used with other appliances occasionally it was tripping the whole system for a short time when initially switched on. The mains is 15/45 amp. I can see the sharp surge on my solar app. Air conditioners not earthed. Earth wire looks ok to two units but earth not connected in roof. Then also, no earth to outside compressor. Two AC's connected together onto 32 A breaker without individual breakers. Lots more lesser problems, but i think the above illustrates how bad some important things can be. I am nearly complete on adding the wiring and breakers. Work has been necessary on the main board and that's where I note my initial topic for any advice / comment please In the main board there is a direct wire connection from the earth strip to the neutral strip. I checked online and it seems to be correct. As follows: Should I be concerned about bonding the Neutral-to-Ground Bond in the main panel? Neutral-to-ground bond is needed to properly operate the circuit breakers. Over Current Protection Devices (OCPD) such as circuit breakers and fuses actually require a short and intense INCREASE in electrical current (a short) in order to detect the fault and cut the circuit off. Without a sharp and drastic increase in electrical flow, a fault could go on without triggering a circuit breaker to stop the flow. This actually occurs quite often and can be measured easily by checking the amount of current flowing on your ground conductor. It should be less than 1-amp in most cases. If the current flowing on a grounded conductor is higher than an amp, and you are not in a high-voltage (600V+) environment, it typically indicates an erroneous neutral-to-ground bond somewhere in the system. I therefore assume it is ok for the connection here in Thailand, unless I get advice to the contrary. Thanks in advance for any advice. It may also be useful for others to know.

I travel the route frequently and the biggest regular problem going into bangkok is the traffic at the junction for the ring road, not the roadworks. For some reason the ring road no 9. slows traffic back for several km. Generally due to drivers staying in the outer lane until the last minute and slowing everything behind. The roadworks have some blips but are generally well managed. The worst time to travel in that section after midday is rush hour about 4pm to 6pm. It normally adds about 1 hour. But can be more when there is bad weather Luxury minibus i use from hua hin to suvarnabhumi is generally 3.5 hours if leaving hua hin 12.00 or 16.00. Leaving at 14.00 takes 4.5 hours. I dont travel into bkk in the morning, but guess the morning rush hour will be as bad as late afternoon.

Pathetic spoilsports. They obviously picked the crackdown because they knew there would be people out watching the football. Easy targets for fund raising.

There is a minibus goes through Hua hin to Pranburi where you should be able to get transport to the coastal district of Pak Nam Pran. In Hua hin the minibus stops at the clock tower and I understand also at Market Village. The minibus terminates in Pranburi near the main intersection on Petkasem road. The one after the lotus junction going south. I would expect that main intersection will have local transport to Pak Nam Pran but I do not know any details. Probably a better place than Lotus's.

if you are in hua hin, I suggest you go to the clock tower and check the best timing with the guy there to buy ticket in advance. Minivans can be full sometimes. Also, from what i know already, there are very few or no buses. Unless you find with tour operators. There are big public transport buses and minibuses go from bangkok to prachuap use the by pass. But very few now compared to before covid. The minibus that i know goes throigh hua hin only goes to pranburi.

You are lucky. I am just getting a minivan from hua hin toward prachuap. Just got on the van. The guy selling tickets says the minivans are every 30 to 40 minutes. Start at 6.30 am. Until about 6pm. Coming back about the same. The vans go from petchaburi to prachuap via cha-am and hua hin. So they go past the airport and you can ask to get out there. I am getting van from the clock tower. It just stopped at market village. There are small desks to buy tickets.

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